Spin Master Hiccup Prototype

Size: 3 inchesDistribution: UniqueManufacturer: Spin Master (2010?)

Goodness me, I never thought I'd be so lucky as to own a third prototype! And one from the original movie, to boot! I thought they'd have all been destroyed by now. Anyway, here's a lovely proto-Hiccup in all his glory! Specifically, he's the prototype to the Series 1 Spin Master figure. He looks pretty... cool? He's made of what looks like quite a few different plastics.

Blast and Roar Toothless

Another mega Toothless enters the fray! He's inevitably going to get compared to the Mega Alpha edition one (here), so I'll do it briefly now. He's not as big, and doesn't look as accurate, but he is still very cute! He also has foldable, posable wings and he makes some cute noises! His blue spines light up, which is great, and opening his mouth reveals cute lil teeth on the top and bottom! All in all, he's very well made and I highly recommend getting him! He's made in the same style as the Dragon Riders, but is much longer than any of them. The detail is great on him, and he's easily one of my favourite Toothless figures! But that might just be my incredible power glow bias talking...

Action Dragons

Disregard what I wrote below because these new figures are the BEST! Check out Barf & Belch; they're actually standing! Toothless has one hell of a cool shape and, of course, Hookfang looks amazing. He actually has his details this time! I like how the Toothlesses have different expressions; prosthetic-tailed Toothy has a much "cuter", feline look while normal Toothy is fiercer. The Whispering Death is a work of art too! And I love that the Boneknapper is still getting love.

The newer figures have an updated, darker packaging, but they're still part of the Action Dragon line! Race to the Edge has also joined in on this line.

Legends Collection

Race to the Edge has unveiled its action figure line! The "Legends Collection", which is basically the original Spin Master line except recoloured. Of course, Hookfang was my first choice. He looks pretty great! He's much more detailed than the original one, though the plastic feels a bit cheaper. I have retained all their packaging and instruction leaflets, but had already stored them away before I took the photo! I recently acquired Toothless and Stormfly too, so I have my favs from this set! I'm now only missing one; the elusive Belch & Barf!

2017 Convention Exclusive Action Vinyl Toothless

The Action Vinyl series is a weird one, because they planned loads of them and then only released a few of them. They are also stupidly expensive to import, probably because their box size is quite large. Still, I couldn't resist this little (big) exclusive baby! He's pretty cute and pretty rare, and I like his clear blue design. What a pretty Toothless!

Armoured Riders & Dragons

Hiccup & Light Fury

Size: 4 inchesDistribution: WorldwideManufacturer: Spin Master (2018)

Complete set: Yes

The Hidden World stuff is finally out guys!!!!!! I'm so filled with excitement and dread (for my wallet) at the same time!!! Not everything is out yet, but these dragon/rider figures are readily available online. It's a set of five, and I've already completed it. They're neat figures, standard fare. Nice quality, etc, just like the previous Spin Master figures. I do love the poses for the dragons though, they're less bulky and more accurate, I feel. I also LOVE Snotlout's Hookfang armour and am totally jealous. Also, the first ever figures of Grimmel, Deathgripper, and Light Fury!! I already love the Light Fury, she's my third favourite dragon behind Hookfang and Cloudjumper... I just love her design, she's so pretty. I really hope she gets a proper name...

Power Dragons

Hmm, I still think the DoB line was the best Spin Master has ever put out. These are nice, but many Power Dragons are just repainted and Cloudjumper here isn't even painted properly, missing the colours on his face. Still, these are certainly nothing to complain about, they still look fantastic!

The racing stripes Stormfly is downright gorgeous too! Prettiest Nadder ever! It's also Skullcrusher's first ever proper figure, but man does he have teeny eyes.

Viking Warriors

Now these guys are worth their weight in gold! Sure, Drago looks like a gorilla-man, but Hiccup is so well made! Also well made? His accessories! You can tell they didn't cut corners here.

The second set is slightly less quality, with Eret's head being super duper tiny and Snotlout has horrific taste in trousers. Although Eret's dagger can actually fit in the sheath, and attach to his hip! Perfect!

I've also finally got my hands on Hiccup and Astrid! If we can learn anything from the past, it's that Astrid figures are stupidly rare and stupidly valuable, so get her while you can!

Original Dragon Figures

These figures are the best. THE BEST. Except the recolours, they can go away. No, I'm kidding, come back, my babies! You know what's cool? Seeing Toothless with actual prosthetic fins. Red tail is best tail! Each dragon has an action, mostly just moving the wings or mouth in some way. Don't expect your mind to be blown with amazing life-like movements.Also what's with the Zippleback's pose? What is it meant to be doing?

Original Viking Figures

So no Ruffnut.But three Gobbers. Thanks for that, Spin Master.These figures were meant to be in scale with the dragon figures, but someone must've dropped the ball there because the Red Death is one of the smallest dragon figures, making it look more like an elephant compared to these guys than the behemoth from the movie.

Playmobil Sets

When these were first announced, quite a few friends were really excited. I never knew much about Playmobil, but apparently it is a fairly high quality toy line, so people were expecting some high quality Dragons stuff. And man, Playmobil did not disappoint! Each and every set has amazing attention to detail, and the characters look so cute! They really work well in this style! To top it all off, unlike most Dragons toys, they are very easy to find and very reasonably priced! I can say without a doubt that this is one of the best HTTYD toy lines ever!

Giant Barrel-Roll Toothless

Size: 6 inchesDistribution: WorldwideManufacturer: Spin Master (2017)

Another big boy! He's one of the best-looking Toothless figures yet, and comes with "realistic" feeling wings. Really they just feel kinda rubbery, but I guess they are meant to be like leathery wings. Either way, he's a very, very nice figure and I recommend him if you're a fan of Toothless (and who isn't?!)

Hidden World Deluxe Dragons

These are some big, high quality figures! There's a couple more dragons in this set, but I couldn't resist Stormfly, I think this is her most accurate figure yet! I love how they actually put spikes on her tail, usually they're just little bumpy bits. Her whole face and body is so well sculpted, and she lights up and make sounds too! I love her!!

Toothless vs Red Death Battle Pack

This was, like, the biggest Christmas present I've ever recieved. Seriously, the box is huge. It's got lovely art though, so I had to keep it! These figures are actually just recasts of the original Spin Master lineup, but with slightly brighter paint jobs. They're nice though, and I love that the Red Death is getting a little more attention!

HTTYD2/RTTE Dragon Riders

The first figures of 2015! And they're not bad, either! Kind of chubby and chibi-ish, but still looking great! I absolutely ADORE this Hookfang, let me tell you. He's amazing, and my second or third favourite Nightmare of all time.Toothless is a little weird, because he has two red tail fins for some reason. They've since released new ones that have been corrected, making him a very rare error version! The armoured dragon is also our first ever figure of a Thunderclaw!

RTTE also has its own line of these. Most of them are the same figures in different packaging, but there are a couple of new variants and characters!

​RTTE

Dragon Blasters

Toothless

Size: 8 inchesDistribution: WorldwideManufacturer: Spin Master (2017)

​Complete set: Yes

Some of the best new toys this year! They are really nicely sculpted and very accurate. Also very large and chunky! Of course, I'm in love with the Hookfang one, even if he has put on a little weight. Now you can run around shooting people with your foam dragon darts!

Action Vinyls

Finally started collecting these. Their high shipping price and annoying use of "we'll make the same figure 100 times with slight differences" (Hiccup but with snow on him? REALLY?!) put me off buying them, but then I realised they were making Hookfang soon so I better start picking up a few! Still, they are pretty nicely made figures, although not 100% accurate. Toothless is missing his 'butt wings', for example. You can pose them in almost any way though, which is nice, and the Viking figures do look really good. Ultimately I'd recommend these, but only the regular and racing variants. To release the same Hiccup figure you already made but this time he has snow on his head/shoulders is actually just insulting because it's not even an interesting variant. "I love my Hiccup figure but man, I wish I had a figure of Hiccup covered in snow" - said no one, ever.At least the different colours/racing stripes variants look really neat.

One addition that I do quite like is the random coins you can find with some figures. There's Hiccup, Astrid, and Toothless, and about 5 colours to get them in (I think they are bronze, gold, platinum, "ruby", "emerald", and "sapphire", but I can't remember off the top of my head!). They are kinda hard to find, but so far I have bronze Astrid and platinum Toothless, which is pretty neat!

Armoured Dragon Playsets

More RTTE toys! These ones are amazing, they're huge and they're electronic! I have no idea if I fitted the armour on correctly, but hey, it works. The Toothless and Hookfang figures are very well made and accurate! I'm a little out of date with RTTE, but man, what is happening in these episodes?

Giant Fire Breathing Toothless

Size: 4 inchesDistribution: WorldwideManufacturer: Spin Master (2013)

So! The deluxe figure from the Defenders of Berk line is called... Fire Breathing Toothless. Huh. It's pretty much the same name from before! So lazy. This guy actually breathes fire though! Well, sorta. He can produce smoke or steam or something something. He looks awesome too, you can really see the improvements. His face moulding is much nicer, his fins and wings look nicer and his back doesn't have those horrible acne-looking scales. He's definitely a keeper!

Giant Fire Breathing Toothless: Bio-luminous Scales

Size: 4 inchesDistribution: WorldwideManufacturer: Spin Master (2018)

This one is by far the best of the three! He's the same size and design as the other two, but he has beautiful metallic paint for his bio glow. It looks really good, and his wings are so pretty! Nice attention to detail too, as his tail fin glows, but his prosthetic one doesn't.

Bewilderbeast: Final Battle Sets

Oh man, I wish the Red Death had gotten one of these, it's still one of my favourite dragons. Oh well have a goofy-looking Bewilderbeast in its place. Look at those pudgy hands with silly sausage fingers. It doesn't look fierce! And of course, a handle awkwardly jutting out of its back. Amazing.

This is a nice set though, it certainly gets the huge scale of this dragon right! At first glance it looks cheap, but the Bewilderbeast has a surprising amount of detail to it!

Defenders of Berk Viking Figures

Here we have a very lonely Hiccup, devoid of all his usual buddies. He's both better and worse than the older figures. Better because he comes with his prosthetic leg which is oh my God SO COOL. Worse, because he is lower quality and perma-holding that sword (still?!).

Dagur is actually better quality. I don't remember much about Dagur except that he was a monumental psychopath.

Now with added Snotlout! That is one fine shield ya got there, Snotty.

Fire Breathing Night Fury

This is the largest Toothless/Hiccup figure available! Well, wingspan wise anyway, clocking in at 2 feet! It's a bit of a ruined opportunity though, since they had a chance to make Toothless really cool but just made him look like he has a bad case of dragon back acne (bacne??). Oh well, his saddle and harness are nicely detailed, so I'm sold!

Ionix Sets

These are a pain and a half to put together, let me tell you. Many a-finger was injured, curse words were shouted to the heavens above, but I finally got them set up. I have learned an important life lesson with this: I am utterly useless at Lego and all its ripoffs.Still, this is certainly unique merchandise! Bring on the others!

And also that giant Toothless set is HUGE. SUPER HUGE. Like 3 TIMES the size of the others. He means business! The giant Nadder set is equally amazing, bringing us the very first Henchman figure, as well as a wonderful blocky Astrid.

Power Dragon Attack Set

Size: 2-5 inchesDistribution: US onlyManufacturer: Spin Master (2014)

Probably my favourite playset! Toothless has his beautiful blue motif, and Cloudjumper is absolutely perfect. Take everything that was wrong with the Power Dragon, and fix it up to get this guy. Actual brown instead of deep red? Check. Actual blue on his tail, spikes and lower lip? Check. Correct paint job on his head? Checkmate. He's what I always wanted in a Cloudjumper figure!

Dragons Morpho Pods

Size: 1 inchDistribution: US onlyManufacturer: Fuhu (2014)

​Complete set: No

These are... very unusual. There's six dragons to complete, and you have to buy them in sections (head, body and tail). They're also impossible to find and I can't find any since I got this one! It's Toothless, arguably the most desirable one. I would like Hookfang more though!!It has much nicer details than I thought it would, definitely interested in getting more! They look a little messy and weird when built together though.

Ultimate Dragon Heroes Team Set

Size: 4-7 inchesDistribution: US onlyManufacturer: Spin Master (2014)

The box for these was like twice the size it needed to be. It was so BIG.Anyway, because I nabbed them for a good price, here's the whole group! Toothless, Snotlout and Drago are boring and the same as existing figures. But Hookfang is a lovely deeper colour, the Nadder is a beautiful purple and Hiccup has a flight suit!! Wasn't expecting that. Poor Hookfang got slightly damaged in transit but I fixed him up with a little TLC and now he's good as new!

Dragon Heroes Training Arena

The final, and largest, playset! It's wonderfully made and is a really nice arena, but the lack of roof meaning the dragons can just fly out is a bit of a design flaw...

Giant Fire Breathing Toothless 2: Electric Boogaloo

Size: 4 inchesDistribution: WorldwideManufacturer: Spin Master (2014)

Yes, it's exactly the same as the previous figure. At least as far as I can tell; I haven't actually compared them side by side yet. But I saw the different box and went MUST HAVE. I am weak. But it's a pretty box! Look, it's all pink and pretty!

EDIT: After having actually compared them, there is one small difference. Check out the tail fins! The HTTYD 2 one has the "correct" skull, while the DoB has a skull and cross bones.

Dragon Attack Playset

I'd be lying if I said that half the reason I bought this wasn't because of the sheep. You can pick it up and go all "who's a fluffy little sheep?" and then make the Nadder eat it. Just what I always wanted.

Battle and Collapse Playsets

Behold, the most boring playsets ever. But I just had to have each version because I am a true hoarder who would make dragons proud. I accidentally deleted what I typed here and I can't remember what I wrote, oh well.